Ranch Records actually has three locations, one in Salem, one in Bend, and one in McMinville, but I have never been to the other two, so I will concentrate on the Salem, Oregon Ranch.
Ranch is my favorite record store in the whole world. I recently went to San Francisco …

This Australian singer, Delta Goodrem makes some good music, or rather, sings some good music. I certainly think that she has some strong vocals and that if you are bored or just wanting to hear some love tunes, then go for this album. The title of her album …

Going To San Diego is a song by Sledding With Tigers and the penultimate song on their third release, The Arrested Cats. Interestingly, the band opens up this track with an acoustic rendition of Beethoven’s iconic, Ode To Joy. Although somewhat out of place, the band actually do a …

My first real introduction to the electronic rock band Orgy was when I was around fourteen years old. While that was a couple years after their first studio album Candyass was released in 1998, they were still fairly popular amongst a lot of teens especially since their vocalist …

If you were to ask me about a love ballad that reminds me of an old western movie I’d have to say it would Poncho and Lefty by Willie Nelson. This song is about a couple of friends that robbed a bank and then became outlaws running from the …

Overview —“ Side I of The Who Sell Out introduces the first half of this concept record with a group of seven songs which seem to work nicely together and actually pass by quite quickly. After listening to the first two tracks, I was thinking this record was going …

When I first heard the song, When You Say Nothing At All by Ronan Keating before a few years back, I thought ain’t that bad, and I was already guessing it was the voice of Boyzone member Ronan Keating. Don’t know whether they are still around or not. …

This is trash, pure and simple. If raccoons knock over your garbage can at 3 AM, there will be no way to differentiate between the debris strewn across the street and this filth. From “This Love” on, Maroon 5 have been insufferable, and the easiest solution was to just …

Pieces Of What is a song by MGMT which appears on their second release, Oracular Spectacular. At this point in the album, the previous six tracks have all been brilliant, but unfortunately I’d say Pieces Of What is where the album goes from brilliant to just sort of solid. …

As a Prince lover, I am one of (3) people that I know who has actually seen the movie “Graffiti Bridge“. Mentioning any details of the movie would be direct blasphemy. However, because I am a Prince lover, I did purchase the soundtrack of the same …

Soundgarden’s Flower is an aboslute must-have for any Garden fan, or any fan of rock music! The single contains two other fantasic songs: Toy Box and Head injury.
Released in ‘88, this three-track mini super album from Soundgarden is an absolute classic. Chris Cornell’s voice rips through the speakers, …

Many dance song increase more and more in this year, especially dance song with te DJ’s like trance, progressive, house, housemix etc. I like dance music especially trance. Listen this song from Holland, DJ Jean Claude Ades, Fly away. In 2006 and 2007 this song is so booming and …

This song really made me start loving Lady Antebellum and their music. It is such a sweet yet simple song about a girl and guy friend who are both scared to mess things up if they take their relationship to the next level, but in the end if you …

Dear Doctor is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Beggars Banquet. The vocals start in right away along with an acoustic guitar part and a slight harmonica as well which gives it somewhat of a folk rock sound in my opinion. Jagger’s vocal melody …

My Girls is a song by Animal Collective and the second track on their 2009 release, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening up with an upbeat and happy sounding synthesized intro, My Girls is one of the most accessible Animal Collective tracks ever put out so if you’re a listener just …

Chris Cagle is a country singer who always sings very different topics, like ones you wouldn’t really think to sing about. This song is about doing things to impress girls. And I like it because a lot of is true when it comes to men and woman. Men do …

U2 is an Irish rock band and they brought out an album a while back named “How to dismantle and atomic bomb.” This albums has some good music on it and one of the songs on this lineup is entitled Vertigo.
Vertigo starts off with the lead singer of …

Overview —“ (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth is the fifth song on the first album released by Metallica which strikes me as an extremely strange move to even include this song on their debut record. For those of you who don’t know what this track is, this will become very clear …

Leona Lewis is a Pop, R&B artist from Britain and I recently had the pleasure of listening to one of her songs named Bleeding Love.
I first heard this song over a local radio station and didn’t completely fall in love with it. But Leona Lewis has such an amazing …

For someone that grew up watching re-runs of 1950s, 1960s and 1970s situation comedies, westerns and cop shows, this audio CD is fun to listen to. Nowadays, theme songs seem to be a dying breed, with more and more television shows abandoning an opening and instead opting for nothing …

When The Earth Moves Again is a song by Jefferson Airplane which appears on their album Bark. The track opens up with a mix of violin, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and drums so as you can imagine, right from the start of this track the song has …

Ticket To Ride is a song by The Beatles which appears on their album Help. I’ll say right now that among the earlier records by The Beatles, this track is one of the few which stands out to me as being a very well developed song and certainly a …

Desolation Row, the final song to appear on Bob Dylan’s record Highway 61 Revisited is a track which I consider to be a perfect ending for one of the greatest records that I’ve ever had the privilege to listen to. As if you thought some of the other tracks …

I’m Waiting For The Man is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their first record The Velvet Underground & Nico. The song is one of the more well known songs from The Velvet Underground and with good reason I’d say. The track starts off with a …

Dreams from The Corrs is awesome. The Corrs is at their most peak/popular during the late 1999s or early 2000s, I’m not so sure. In between those times, I was so heavily into buying their CD singles and albums.
Their songs are very Irish-influenced since they hail …

Eels were formed in 1995 by Mark Oliver Everett, the man generally known as E. Their first album, Beautiful Freak met to critical and popular acclaim due to its charming blend of tongue in cheek angst and eccentric musicality. His follow up to this happy go lucky, Beck like …

Overview - Garage Inc. (Disc 2), is the second disc of the all cover album, Garage Inc. Unlike disc one, which had newly recorded covers, disc two is made up of covers that have already been recorded previously somewhere in the band’s career. Some covers date back as far …

I was hearing this song on the radio for quite some time and of course it was only natural that it was the song on my last-song-syndrome and I had downloaded this on Limewire and was really enjoying this tune. Nelly did another great job singing this music and …

Operator is a song by the Grateful Dead which appears on their album American Beauty. Opening up with a light guitar rhythm and a background rhythm, the song immediately has a fairly country-like feel to it and this is only reinforced once the vocals come in. I should mention …

Aaliyah & DMX
“Come Back In One Piece”
Romeo Must Die: The Album
Blackground/Virgin
“Come Back In One PIece” is another single and video from the soundtrack of the smash hit action/martial arts thriller “Romeo Must Die”. This one features Aaliyah and DMX performing together in an urban setting around Yonkers, New York. …

Winters Love is a song by Animal Collective which appears on their record Sung Tongs. Split into two unique sections, Winters Love first opens up with an instrumental section led by an acoustic guitar pattern (Though there is some vocal humming over the top of this) before going into …

Of all the tracks in the world that can inspire, especially if you feel you have been through a rough patch at some time in your life, then Frank Sinatra, My Way, just seems to sum everything up for you.
The song does mention quite a few things, so as …

Overview —“ Back In Black, the first album released by AC/DC after the death of their original singer Bon Scott is a tribute to him and a dedication as well. Although Back In Black is hailed as one of classic rock’s best album, with good reason in my opinion, …

R. Kelly ft. The Isley Brothers
“Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: R. Kelly
R. Kelly follows up “You Remind Me of Something” with “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”, the second single and music video from his self-titled album, “R. Kelly”. R. Kelly decides to expand his horizons …

I don’t know much about the classic hard rock band UFO but I heard they had Michael Shenker who happens to be the brother of Rudolph Shenker of the Scorpions and they both are amazing guitarists with a very similar style in the way they play. On itunes …

Flaming is a song by Pink Floyd which appears on their debut record, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Flaming opens up with a very unconventional sound as it sort of makes you feel as if you’re in the middle of the jungle due to some dark tribal-like …

He Wasn’t by Avril Lavinge is a song about how this girl does not like her guy that much any more and decides he is not the kind of guy she is looking for. The guy is hanging her out to dry and that is how lots of guys …

Purify is a song by Metallica which appears on their album St. Anger. I’ve read that a lot of fans regard Purify to be the worst song on St. Anger but I don’t think I’d go that far. Purify doesn’t sound too bad as it opens up, well until …

The album Psycho Circus by kiss is a reunion of all the original members including Ace Frehley. One of my favorite songs on this album is You Wanted The Best. It really showcases how all the band members can contribute to vocals in a song. every band member sings …

Islands in the stream is a duet song performed by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Pardon. Their voices in this song just seem to belong together because they do such a great job together. This song talks about nature working together hand in hand in a perfect harmony. It …

Oh, how I loved Paul Anka for decades. Then he dumped his wife after decades of marriage and five kids (at least five, could have been six — my brain doesn’t recall). As much as I love his music, I look at him now and I just groan. …

Long before the fiasco of Milli Vanilli, producer Frank Farian gathered Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell together to form Boney M. Boney M was one of the most prominent Euro Disco bands of the 1970’s and 1980’s, particularly in Britain. While Mitchell and Barrett did …

“Chicago”, not to be confused with the city located in the United States, is the name of a popular American rock band. Just recently, I think last year maybe they had their first concert in Jamaica at the “Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival” and a lot of people, …

I love Musiq’s album Loveandmusiq, but I’m not really feeling this new album he has out. The album is selling like crazy, but I feel that it’s missing the great songs that would make it a great album.
I guess you can’t expect an artist to make a hit …

Jay-Z
“Hard Knock Life”
Volume 2… Hard Knock Life
Roc-A-Fella Records
I’m sorry but Jay-Z really needs to be banished for this one. “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” is the second single and music video from his third album “Volume 2… Hard Knock Life”, following “Can I Get A…”. I’ve got two main …

Travelling Riverside Blues, and no that is not a typo of “traveling”, is a cover performed by Led Zeppelin which appears on their record Coda. Just as a note, this track is not included on the original version of this album but was placed on the CD version …

This guitar is the second guitar that I purchased. The first guitar that I bought was a Mexican Stratocaster. This Ibanez brand guitar has some cool features, but it just wasn’t for me. I really prefer my Strat over the Ibanez. I honestly don’t really know why I bought …

Into The Void is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Fragile. The song starts off with some synthesizers which give the track that eerie sound associated with Nine Inch Nails but not exactly a dark feel. A drum rhythm comes into the track …

Heart Of Mine is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Shot Of Love. The song starts off with a piano part which then leads into Dylan singing some lyrics before the rest of the instrumentation soon comes in. The lyrics focus on Dylan, or the …